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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Na h-Eileanan Siar. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Na h-Eileanan Siar website
9,465 approved · 141 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Dec 1993 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
Croft Cottage 32A North Shawbost Isle Of Lewis HS2 9BQ
Received 2 Mar 20223 Uskivagh Creagorry Isle Of Benbecula HS7 5QL
Received 3 Mar 2022Loch Gormag Mor Mast North Tolsta Tolsta Isle Of Lewis
Received 3 Mar 2022Polycarbonate Tunnel, Croft 26 Crossbost Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 3 Mar 202254A Coll Isle Of Lewis HS2 0LR
Received 3 Mar 2022Communications Tower Gravir Lochs Isle Of Lewis
Received 3 Mar 2022Camping Pod 21A New Tolsta Tolsta Isle Of Lewis
Received 7 Mar 202221 Upper Bayble Point Isle Of Lewis HS2 0QH
Received 7 Mar 202251A Newmarket Isle Of Lewis
Received 8 Mar 2022Agricultural Shed 16 Eoligarry Eoligarry Isle Of Barra
Received 8 Mar 2022Talla Na Mara Pairc Niseaboist Horgabost Isle Of Harris
Received 8 Mar 2022Overhead Line Caolis Vatersay Isle Of Barra
Received 8 Mar 202214 Upper Barvas Isle Of Lewis HS2 0QX
Received 8 Mar 202212B Ardveenish Northbay Isle Of Barra
Received 9 Mar 2022Aerial And Cable Clettraval Hosta Tigharry Isle Of North Uist
Received 9 Mar 20228A Uachdar Balivanich Isle Of Benbecula
Received 10 Mar 2022Overhead Line Caolis Vatersay Isle Of Barra
Received 10 Mar 2022Polycrub 3 Scaristavore Scarista Isle Of Harris
Received 11 Mar 202245D Newmarket Isle Of Lewis
Received 14 Mar 202214C Benside Newmarket Isle Of Lewis
Received 14 Mar 202217A Knockline Bayhead Isle Of North Uist
Received 14 Mar 2022An Cnoc 46A South Shawbost Isle Of Lewis HS2 9BJ
Received 15 Mar 20226A Carishader Uig Isle Of Lewis
Received 15 Mar 2022Beach View Cottage West Kilbride Isle Of South Uist HS8 5TT
Received 15 Mar 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Na h-Eileanan Siar, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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